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"There is a tremendous amount of "I want" in your question. The whole "my fat wife is going to force me to cheat on her" doesn't reek of a stable marriage.
When you tell her what you want she does the opposite. Is it..." [
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"You suggested you might use the lame excuse method. Don't do that. J will figure it out and she'll lose respect for you.
Here is what you can do - set standards for your (step) child. Tell J clearly that it doesn't matter what R is allowed to..." [
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"I'm not against prenups. I am against marriages between people who can't have a civil conversation about the distribution of assets in the event of a future break-up.
This is who he becomes in financial discussions. Marriage has a lot of..." [
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"I was you for a very, very long time. Love did find me, but it took its sweet time about it. The causes of your situation may be completely from mine, but I'll share what worked for me.
What did I do differently to find Mr. 26.2? Nothing. He..." [
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"Respond quickly. She took a risk reaching out to you. Don't spend ages trying to find the exact right words. While you're wordsmithing she is waiting. What you've written here is fine - you're sorry it happened and you want to help. You can..." [
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"It would be cool if you could blame some psychobabble website for why you strike out with women. If you want to figure out why people won't have sex with you, then ask yourself a few simple questions:
Am I a jerk?
Do I smell bad?
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"He wants to renegotiate the terms of your relationship - no dating or romantic potential, but he still gets all the emotional support and friendship he wants.
No. You don't have to take crumbs from his table.
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"Sunday, I found out he broke up with me, via facebook...I understand that he's afraid of making the same mistake that he did with his ex-wife
Anyone old enough to be divorced should be wise enough to know that breaking up with someone via facebook..." [
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"For years I told my Mom that if I ever met a man as good as my Dad I'd marry him. One day my Mom got frustrated with me walking out one decent man after another and she set me straight. She said, "Girl, you think I got your dad that way? I..." [
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"You don't trust your husband.
It's sad, but 5 months into this you've realized that you cannot trust him to be fair with your assets. Don't bother with the post-nup; they are generally worthless. Instead ask your parents estate planner to make..." [
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"Once you are an alumna the school will solicit you for donations. Return each envelope with a note that says you simply cannot donate to a program that is so poorly managed. Point out that the problems you cite are not fixed by money, but by care..." [
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"If this was 1991, then you'd be my beautiful, brilliant, beloved older sister. Let me save you the long, bumpy ride to rock bottom. Let me spare your loved ones the heartbreaking ring-side seat to your decline.
1 - Leave him.
2 - Get..." [
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"She should have avoided saying that in the same way you wouldn't mention other physical characteristics. (Look at her, she has nice big boobies. Like watermelons. Look at her, she's got big teeth. Like a bottle opener.) However, her comment was..." [
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"Did you really want to connect to these people or did you just want them to provide you with a connection to your mom? Honestly, it sounds as though these people were simply a means to an end for you.
Your uncle takes you to lunch and is..." [
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"This happened to me when I moved from my Texas house with the big walk-in closets to my tiny 1920's California bungalow with no storage space. A year later I'm still decluttering, but I made huge progress in the first 3 months.
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"Call your local Congressman or Senator. Ask for a letter congratulating the new constituent. They can crank that out pretty quickly for you. Get that letter framed...." [
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"Divide the issues into performance and annoyance. Suck up the annoyances, because people are sometimes annoying. You're annoying; I'm annoying. Everybody is annoying sometimes. The chair thing - let it go. Sniffling - ignore it.
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"She's not here asking for help. You are are and I'll focus on the behaviors that you can change. Your desire to rewire her personality isn't going to work. Focus on what you can change in yourself and see if that fixes the problem.
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